Micah 6:6-12

Lexham English Bible

⁶ With what shall I approach Yahweh,
    and bow down to God on high?
Shall I approach him with burnt offerings,
    with bull calves a year old?
⁷ Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with myriads of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
⁸ He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
    and what does Yahweh ask from you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
    and to walk humbly with your God?

⁹ The voice of Yahweh calls to the city
    (it is sound judgment to fear your name):
    “Hear, O staff!^[a] Now who has appointed it?
¹⁰ Is there any longer a man in the house of the wicked
    treasures of wickedness,
    and the ephah of scarcity which is accursed?^[b]
11 Shall I regard as pure the one with scales of wickedness,
    and with a bag of deceitful weights?
¹² Because her rich are full of violence,
    and her inhabitants speak lies,
    and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.